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Demeter

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71. Last Night, at the Winter Bash Party

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 09:22 AM

Jan 2012

(newsflash, Demeter has a social life, at least 2-3 times a year!)

I met a long-time friend and computer expert and he said:

There's going to be an armed revolution. We have to take 500 bankers and corporate CEOS and hang them. The economy will be fixed in two weeks.

Now this man is not a hotheaded fanatic. But there it is, unprovoked (by me).

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The Weekend Economists' Panglossian Pandemic January 20-22, 2012 [View all] Demeter Jan 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #1

A Brief Summary on Candide, source of Dr. Pangloss Demeter Jan 2012 #2

List of characters in the novella Candide Demeter Jan 2012 #3

Plot Summary Demeter Jan 2012 #4

A Very STOIC Conclusion, n'est-ce pas?? Demeter Jan 2012 #7

Boredom avoidance is surely vital. Ghost Dog Jan 2012 #12

Thanks, Demeter! hamerfan Jan 2012 #8

Reading it is hard Demeter Jan 2012 #11

Jeebus! hamerfan Jan 2012 #23

One of the best themes EVER bread_and_roses Jan 2012 #5

Leonard Bernstein composed an operatic version of Candide Demeter Jan 2012 #6

And in this Best of All Possible Worlds, We Have 3 Bank Failures ALREADY Tonight Demeter Jan 2012 #9

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Wells Fargo must be in really deep do do..... AnneD Jan 2012 #63

Sucking up to power, Timothy Geithner edition Demeter Jan 2012 #10

Alan Greenspan's ship of fools DEAN BAKER Demeter Jan 2012 #16

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And then we have a group of young mothers Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #50

I am not so harsh on Paula..... AnneD Jan 2012 #60

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Weren’t We Facing A Systemic Collapse a Few Months Ago... What's Changed Since Then? Demeter Jan 2012 #15

Westphalia Chorale from Bernstein's Candide Demeter Jan 2012 #17

Candide - 02 Life is happiness indeed Demeter Jan 2012 #18

Candide - 10 Glitter and be gay hamerfan Jan 2012 #22

i'm a huge chenowith fan -- what a voice! and she does that bit perfectly! nt xchrom Jan 2012 #53

Taxes at the Top By PAUL KRUGMAN Demeter Jan 2012 #19

George Washington Was A Hypocrite PAUL KRUGMAN Demeter Jan 2012 #20

Candide - 03 Best of all possible worlds Demeter Jan 2012 #21

Candide - 04 Oh happy we Demeter Jan 2012 #25

Trust no one with your money is the tragic legacy of the crisis By Satyajit Das Demeter Jan 2012 #24

Private Prisons Don’t Save Money in Arizona Demeter Jan 2012 #26

More Evidence that JP Morgan Stuck the Knife in MF Global Demeter Jan 2012 #27

Candide - 05 It Must Be So (Candide's Meditation) Demeter Jan 2012 #28

Candide - 06 Dear boy Demeter Jan 2012 #29

Bernstein's Candide is so Cheerful About It All Demeter Jan 2012 #30

Is the “It Takes Forever to Foreclose” Meme a Big Bank Flattering Exaggeration? Demeter Jan 2012 #31

Bending the Rule of Law to Help the Banks: Effort to Draft a National Foreclosure Statute Underway Demeter Jan 2012 #32

Candide - 08 It must be me (2nd meditation) Demeter Jan 2012 #33

Obama to Try Better Smoke and Mirrors to Address Housing Market Woes Demeter Jan 2012 #37

The ECB is Engaging in Massive QE MARSHALL AUERBACK Demeter Jan 2012 #35

The more I read and study it is clear to me that there jtuck004 Jan 2012 #36

+++ DemReadingDU Jan 2012 #42

Excellent piece. Fuddnik Jan 2012 #58

A1 Ghost Dog Jan 2012 #62

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Vampire Hedge Funds Are Sucking Greece Dry By Les Leopold, AlterNet Demeter Jan 2012 #39

Candide - 09 Paris Waltz Demeter Jan 2012 #40

No deal: The hedge funds blocking Greek bailout Demeter Jan 2012 #41

Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks (ERIC HOLDER, RESIGN YOUR OFFICE...) Demeter Jan 2012 #43

Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks Demeter Jan 2012 #44

GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKERS! Hotler Jan 2012 #47

Why Mitt Romney Is Scared to Release His Tax Returns Demeter Jan 2012 #45

I think what he's really hiding is, Fuddnik Jan 2012 #46

French razor for them all. Mitt can be first. Hotler Jan 2012 #49

Last Night, at the Winter Bash Party Demeter Jan 2012 #71

Candide - 13 Finale Quartet (End Act 1) Demeter Jan 2012 #76

morning -- wonderful subject. xchrom Jan 2012 #48

It's after 10:00 here. Aka Beer O' Clock. Fuddnik Jan 2012 #51

9:04am here in Colo.. I'm heading straight for the tequila, but it still won't help. n/t Hotler Jan 2012 #54

Yep. No sense putting off the inevitable. Fuddnik Jan 2012 #59

i like the way you think! xchrom Jan 2012 #55

Greece's creditors leave Athens xchrom Jan 2012 #52

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+1 xchrom Jan 2012 #57

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A Tobin Tax in USA. What are the chances? Ghost Dog Jan 2012 #61

America’s Dirty War Against Manufacturing (Part 1) {lot's i disagree w/. interesting #s.} xchrom Jan 2012 #65

I have to agree with him Demeter Jan 2012 #72

1thing that always jumps out at me in articles like this xchrom Jan 2012 #73

But business is holding out for no health care requirements at all Demeter Jan 2012 #75

indeed. -- they got to do quite a bit of that w/ this recession. xchrom Jan 2012 #77

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America’s Dirty War Against Manufacturing (Part 2) xchrom Jan 2012 #67

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Message deleted by the DU Administrators Ghost Dog Jan 2012 #80

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AMEND 2012 ROBERT REICH Demeter Jan 2012 #87

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THAT'S ALL, FOLKS! Demeter Jan 2012 #97